I have to agree...... I was very fortunate and found a rat tail spider skillet.

It serves as a fry pan and with the addition of a orphan Lodge 10" camp oven lid it works well as a shallow dutch oven as well.

When I aquired it , it was cracked near the handle, where it must have been dropped. I babied it and didn't use for quite a while. I have since thrown caution to the wind and have been using it 2 years now without any problems. The crack is unchanged and it have provided dozens and dozens of great meals.

I recently found a spider sauce pan so now the skillet has a little sister.